From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

American National Biography
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Publisher Oxford University Press for the American Council of Learned Societies
Published
  • 1999 (24 vols.)
  • 2002 (1st Supplement)
  • 2005 (2nd Supplement)
Media typePrint, Digital
No. of books26
Preceded by Dictionary of American Biography
Website www.anb.org

The American National Biography (ANB) is a 24-volume biographical encyclopedia set that contains about 17,400 entries [1] and 20 million words, [2] first published in 1999 by Oxford University Press under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies.

Background

A 400-entry supplement appeared in 2002. [3] Additional funding came from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. [4]

The ANB bills itself as the successor of the Dictionary of American Biography, which was first published between 1926 and 1937. It is not, however, a strict superset of this older publication; the selection of topics was made anew. [5]

It is commonly available in the reference sections of United States libraries, [6] [7] and is available online by subscription (see external links).

Awards and reception

In 1999, the American Library Association awarded the American National Biography its Dartmouth Medal [8] as a reference work of outstanding quality and significance. The American Historical Association's Waldo G. Leland Prize was awarded for 2001. [9]

It has been criticized for missing cross references and occasional errors, [10] and for its cost, which is said to limit availability in poor countries. [11]

Selected access

  • American National Biography. Vol. 24 Vols. American Council of Learned Societies, by Oxford University Press. 1999 – via Internet Archive (full access) & Google Books ( snippet view). LCCN  98-20826 (full set); ISBN  0-1952-0635-5 (full set); & 468280018 (full set).
General editors: John Arthur Garraty, PhD (1920–2007) & Mark Christopher Carnes, PhD (born 1950)

Volumes via Internet Archive (full access, free, with registration)

Vol. 1 ANB ("Aarons, Alexander A." – " Baird, Spencer Fullerton"). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021. ISBN  0195127803; OCLC  246050663 (all editions).
Vol. 2 ANB (" Baker, Belle" – " Blatch, Harriet Stanton"). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021. ISBN  0195127811; OCLC  772371682 (all editions).
Vol. 4 ANB ("Burnett, Alfred" – " Clarke, Lewis G."). 1999. Retrieved 28 May 2021. ISBN  0195127838; OCLC  772374229 (all editions).
Vol. 5 ANB (" Clarke, Mary Bayard Devereux" – "DaCosta, John Chambers"). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021. ISBN  0195127846; OCLC  795981225 (all editions).
Vol. 7 ANB (" Dubuque, Julien" – " Fishbein, Morris"). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021. ISBN  0195127862; OCLC  772374289 (all editions).
Vol. 9 ANB (" Gilbert, Anne Hartley" – " Hand, Learned"). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021. ISBN  0195127889; OCLC  772374263 (all editions).
Vol. 10 ANB ("Handerson, Henry Ebenezer" – " Hofmann, Josef Casimir"). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021. ISBN  0195127897; OCLC  772371685 (all editions).
Vol. 12 ANB ("Jeremiah, Thomas" – " Kurtz, Benjamin"). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021. ISBN  0195127919; OCLC  246051972 (all editions).
Vol. 13 ANB (" Kurtzman, Harvey" – " Lovecraft, H.P."). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021. ISBN  0195127927; OCLC  772371685 (all editions).
Vol. 17 ANB (" Park, Edwards Amasa" – " Pushmataha"). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021. ISBN  019512796X; OCLC  772371687 (all editions).
Vol. 20 ANB ("Simms, Florence" – " Stratemeyer, George Edward"). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021. ISBN  0195127994; OCLC  246052393 (all editions).
Vol. 21 ANB (" Stratton, Eugene" – " Tunney, Gene"). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021. ISBN  0195128001; OCLC  795981277 (all editions).
Vol. 23 ANB (" Wellek, René" – " Wrenn, Robert Duffield"). 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2021. ISBN  0195128028; OCLC  1003045645 (all editions).

Volumes via Google Books

Via online

See also

Bibliography

Notes

References

External links